My Dear Kristinn & Richard, You are both, of course, quite mistaken. By the time any of your folks arrived, the North American continent was already discovered and populated by a number of various peoples who had been calling it home for some millennia. Del ---------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: October 09, 2000 5:56 AM Subject: Re: Iceland seminar. > > > Kristinn Leifsson wrote: > > > Do you copy, Roger? tsk tsk. :) > > > > The name, my friend, is the reason for our success. "What´s in a name"? > > thou wondereth. Well a long time ago, even before the patch of land that > > the U.S. of A occupies was discovered (by us I should add), > > Actually, you are in error there. Iceland was inhabited by Norsk Vikings at > the time and it was THEY who discovered America,, for all the good it did > them... grin. At some point they dropped out, as did the Icelandic Norsk... > forgotten for a time in the dust of history.. Isolated from the rest of the > world the remainder of the people on Iceland slowly developed there own > society, indeed Icelandic reads and probably sounds like old Nordic. And as we > all know the Nordics who discovered America simply disapeared leaving only > hints of their stay there. > > > the name > > Iceland was given to the country to get the brunt of the leeches in the > > world to stay away. People who needed comfort without work. However, the > > name Greenland was given to that country because they definitely needed > > more people over there. > > Grin... and more Green period.. > > > Yet Greenland is ice. So you can send us all here > > a postcard from Greenland during our seminar in Reykjavík. :) > > > > Well what can I say, just come over. > > That is in any case sound advice. You should all visit our Nordic countries at > some time. > > > > > Actually I´ve received positive feedback on this matter. Would you people > > please tell me if you think there is any basis for this. > > Would you take a trip? > > Interest is certainly their.. but I think realization is somewhat off in the > future. I am on board tho on the first boat. > > > Best regards, > > > > Kristinn Leifsson, > > Reykjavík, Iceland > > 6°C at 9.am (dry) > > > > > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway > 13¤ at 15:00 (very wet) > >
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